> I like Spolsky's articles but I hate the dogmatic culture a writer like him creates.
But without creating that dogmatic culture, would his writing have become popular enough to be disseminated to a wide audience?
Perhaps we should think of it as a corollary to the Gell-Mann amnesia effect.[1]
Re:The True Cost of Rewrites
by ryanackley on Monday December 17, 2018 @09:13AM
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> without creating that dogmatic culture, would his writing have become popular enough to be disseminated to a wide audience
Personally, I think you have the cause and effect switched around. Would his opinions be considered dogmatic if he weren't so popular?
Maybe I've been lucky but they were all raging successes. At the end everyone is relieved and happy and much back slapping ensues.
I like Spolsky's articles but I hate the dogmatic culture a writer like him creates. His article on rewrites is always a thing whenever I've been part of a discussion on rewrites. It's an anecdote, nothing more.